Edna Visger

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Created 06/20/2012 - 1:01pm

Edna Visger, 88, formerly of Libby, MT, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at Pinewood Terrace Nursing Home in Colville on June 8, 2012. She was born Sept. 13, 1923 to Cally Wilson and Janet (Helps) Wilson at Fromberg, MT. Her father died shortly after her birth. Edna grew up in eastern Montana and was adopted by her step father, August Johnson.
The family moved to Libby in 1936 where Edna continued her education. She graduated from Libby High School. Following high school, Edna married Paul Moody in 1942. The couple raised two daughters, Sandra and Callie.
Edna worked both in the home as well as for the Western News and the Ford Dealership. Paul preceded her in death in 1968. She married Lawrence Visger in November, 1976. The couple continued to be active members and volunteers at church until health issues prompted their transfer to a nursing home in Washington in 2009 to be near family.
Edna loved crafting and was quite talented in crochet and intricate knitting. She knitted hundreds of pairs of mittens for the local school kids who had none. Her unending generosity was complimented by the tenderness of her heart. Edna spent countless hours visiting the sick at home, hospital and the care center. She was a devoted member of First Church of the Nazarene and a faithful Hospice volunteer.
Edna was preceded in death by her parents; by her first husband, Paul Moody; son-in-law, Rodney Collins, and by her brother, James Ellis Johnson.
Survivors include her husband, Lawrence Visger, Colville; daughters Sandra Anderson and her husband, Roy, Pasco; Cal¬lie Cash and her husband David, Stanwood; a step-daughter, Kimberly Bell and her husband Wayne, Colville;, Step-son, John Visger and his wife Darlene, Colville; grandchildren, Nicole Bell, Tonya Neuman, Marshall Visger, Mandy Smith, Jordan Colby, Kelly Hall, Tracie Colby, Noah Bell and Jadah Bell; sisters-in-law, Mary E. Johnson, Patsy Elliott and Beverly Johnson; brother-in-law, Floyd Visger, and numerous great-grandchil¬dren, nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held for Edna at First Church of the Nazarene in Libby at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 23. An ash committal was held at the Libby Cemetery.
Please visit the on-line memorial and sign the guestbook at www.danekasfuneralchapel.com[1].
Danekas Funeral Chapel and Crematory is entrusted with the arrangements.